Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners v. Walton

BOLIN, Judge.

The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners obtained a preliminary injunction against defendant, Fred H. Walton, enjoining him from practicing medicine without having the required certificate from the plaintiff board. Walton appeals.

Louisiana Revised Statute 37:1261 defines the practice of medicine, surgery, or midwifery as follows:

“* * * the holding out of one’s self to the public as being engaged in the business of diagnosing, treating, curing, or relieving any bodily or mental disease, condition, infirmity, deformity, defect, ailment, or injury in any human being other than…